For much of the 20th century, the CIA in Latin America orchestrated coups, funded rebels, and plotted assassinations—now, new covert actions in Venezuela revive old ghosts.
Smartmatic has been added to a U.S. federal indictment alleging a $1 million bribery scheme to secure election contracts in the Philippines between 2015 and 2018.
Andrew Stanton, 38, is in federal custody after allegedly using TikTok to urge violence against ICE agents. He pleaded not guilty to three federal charges.
In the chaotic aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s escape from Syria, key figures from his brutal regime fled undetected on a midnight flight—leaving victims without justice and the world searching for answers.
The New York Times used open-source sleuthing—from social media to satellite data—to locate top Syrian regime officials who fled after Assad’s fall.
In May 2025, ten inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Jail through a hole behind a toilet. Among them was Derrick Groves, a convicted killer facing life in prison.
A new NTSB report concludes that experimental design and construction flaws were the primary causes of the fatal Titan submersible implosion in 2023.
A former FBI agent has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after being convicted of raping three women at tattoo studios he operated under a fake identity in Maryland.
A Florida grand jury is probing a $10 million donation from the Hope Florida Foundation—tied to First Lady Casey DeSantis—to political committees supporting Governor Ron DeSantis’s campaign against a ballot measure.
London police uncover a transnational gang linked to China responsible for tens of thousands of phone thefts in the British capital, revealing a sophisticated black-market pipeline.